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Middle Eastern Literature Your Initials Period(C:E) aka CAM
Vocabulary List 5
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10th Grade
04/04/2011

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ELEGY
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a mournful poem
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FIGURES OF SPEECH
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is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it such as a metaphor, simile, or personification.
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ANTITHESIS
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exact opposite
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KORAN
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the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
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SERMON
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an address of a religious nature
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A FRAME STORY
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A narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales.
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MORAL
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concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
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INVOKING
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to appeal to or cite as authority
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PRODIGIOUS
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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
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INVERTED
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being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
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ADJURED
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To command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath.
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RESOLUTELY
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Firm or determined; unwavering.
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PERFIDIOUS
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Of, relating to, or marked by perfidy; treacherous
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